Malfuzat - Volume VII — Page 45
3 NOVEMBER 1904 that the Jews suffered from, that one Messiah would suffer and the other would be honoured. PROMISED MESSIAHs-In fact, you are the one who is suffering from the deception suffered by the Jews. Had you remembered the judgment of the Messiah himself, you would not have stum- bled. The deception the Jews suffered was that they believed in the coming of Elijah before the appearance of the Messiah and agreed that the very same Elijah [of old] would come, whereas the Messiah gave the verdict that the Elijah who was to come had come in the person of John-accept it if you will. Now, if coming again had been correct, then Elijah him- self should have come. Likewise is the case of the Messiah's sec- ond coming, so how can it mean him coming again? That is why I say you suffer from the deception that afflicted the Jews. Otherwise, I am indeed the very Messiah who was to come, and my verdict is the very one given by the Messiah regarding Elijah. PASTOR [SCOTT]-That Elijah came. PROMISED MESSIAHas-I also say the same thing that he came, but you tell me whether John [the Baptist] was made Elijah or not? Now, why do you stumble in my case, failing to accept the judgment of [Jesus] the Messiah as proof? PASTOR [SCOTT]-Excuse me, I'm going. PROMISED MESSIAH-Very well. After that, the priest left. ¹ 1. Al-Hakam, vol. 8, no. 43, 44, p. 5, 6, dated 17 & 24 December 1904 45